Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to review his conviction on bribery, conspiracy and wire fraud charges, arguing that the "novel" theories behind his prosecution "stretch federal bribery law in ways that threaten to criminalize and chill lawful interactions between state and local officials and their constituents."
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Madigan Asks Supreme Court To Review His Bribery Verdict

By Celeste Bott

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to review his conviction on bribery, conspiracy and wire fraud charges, arguing that the "novel" theories behind his prosecution "stretch federal bribery law in ways that threaten to criminalize and chill lawful interactions between state and local officials and their constituents."

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Film Producer Charged In $100M Alleged Ponzi Scheme

By Celeste Bott

A film producer has been charged with seven counts of wire fraud in Illinois federal court, with prosecutors claiming in an indictment unsealed Tuesday that he bilked more than $100 million from investors in a Ponzi scheme.

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Attys Secure $15M Fees In Abbott Formula Shareholder Suit

By Lauraann Wood

An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday approved class counsel's $15.3 million fee request in a shareholder dispute over Abbott Laboratories' management of a 2022 infant formula contamination crisis, satisfied with the elaboration he called for during an earlier settlement fairness hearing.

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LITIGATION

Analysis

Securities Class Actions To Watch: Mid-Year Report

By Jessica Corso

A trio of circuit court appeals tied to the class certification process in shareholder suits and a U.S. Supreme Court appeal that also touches on certification are among the cases that securities litigators are keeping an eye on in the second half of 2026.

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Nexstar Says Tegna Board Members Don't Violate Injunction

By Matthew Perlman

Nexstar Media Group told a California federal court that Tegna remains independent, despite concerns from DirecTV and a coalition of states that the companies violated an injunction preventing them from merging fully when Nexstar took over Tegna's board.

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3M, DuPont Ordered To Face Montana PFAS Lawsuit, For Now

By Aaron Keller

DuPont de Nemours Inc., 3M Co. and other manufacturers of firefighter turnout gear must for now face a retooled class action complaint by local governments in a dozen states who claim an industrywide conspiracy concealed the dangers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, a Montana federal judge ruled Tuesday.

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SEVENTH CIRCUIT

7th Circ. Flips Order Keeping 5 Baby Formula Suits In Ill. MDL

By Lauraann Wood

The Seventh Circuit has reversed a district court's finding that five out-of-state necrotizing enterocolitis suits should stay in Illinois-based multidistrict litigation involving similar cases over allegedly harmful formula for preterm infants, saying the lower court went "far afield" in its fraudulent joinder analysis.

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DEALS

4 Firms Steer Grant Thornton's $5B Agreement To Buy CBIZ

By Al Barbarino

New Mountain Capital-backed Grant Thornton Advisors said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire CBIZ Inc. in a deal worth $5 billion, including debt, that would create a top-five U.S. provider of professional, tax and advisory services. 

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

How Does In-House Pay Compare? Take The Law360 Survey

How do in-house salaries vary across industries, roles, and organizational revenue? What compensation tools are companies using to lure top talent? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Compensation Survey.

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Simpson Thacher Hung Client Out To Dry, Jury Hears

By Madison Arnold

A legal ethics expert told a Florida jury Wednesday that he believes Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's actions when representing Patriot National Inc. constitute legal malpractice leading up to the insurance services company declaring bankruptcy.

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Senate Postpones Key Vote For AG Nominee Blanche

By Courtney Bublé

The committee vote on acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's bid to take the permanent role, slated for Thursday, was postponed after Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., were not fully on board.

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GOP Bill To Curb Judge Shopping May Have Limited Effect

By Courtney Bublé

A Senate Republican has introduced legislation that he says will fix the judge shopping issue, but court observers don't think it will make much of a difference.

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King & Spalding Told To End 'Shenanigans' In Bid To Exit Case

By Brian Steele

The individual defendants in a $300 million fraud lawsuit have accused King & Spalding LLP of appellate "shenanigans" while it seeks to exit the case due to an alleged ethics conflict, claiming the firm has falsely denied representing corporate clients despite an attorney's appearance suggesting otherwise.

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9th Circ. Vacates Orrick Win In Stock Transfer Deal Dispute

By Hailey Konnath

The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday reversed a lower court's finding that Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP can't be held liable in a battle over a stock transfer agreement gone awry, ruling that California law does allow a party to the transfer to pursue equitable indemnity in the case.

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DOJ Wants To Let Immigration Judges Fine For Contempt

By Britain Eakin

The Executive Office for Immigration Review proposed a rule Wednesday that would allow immigration judges to impose civil monetary penalties for contempt on attorneys, their noncitizen clients and witnesses, operationalizing a power that has lain dormant since 1996.

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Legal Aid Union Alleges Unlawful Incentives To Break Strike

By Andrea Keckley

The Neighborhood Defender Services of Harlem union announced on the third workday of its strike Tuesday that it has filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board, accusing its management of offering unlawful incentives to cross the picket line.

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Former Trump Lawyer Officially Takes The Helm At SDNY

By Hailey Konnath

James McDonald, a former Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner who represented President Donald Trump in his appeal of his criminal conviction, was sworn in as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday after McDonald's predecessor Jay Clayton departed to serve as director of national intelligence.

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2nd Circ. Backs Ex-Shkreli Atty's 401(k) Restitution Deal

By Lauren Berg

A New York trial judge erred in rejecting a retirement-fund garnishment deal that would have protected Martin Shkreli's convicted former lawyer from tax penalties, the Second Circuit ruled Wednesday.

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DOJ Wants New Judge In Fired Court-Appointed US Atty's Suit

By Jack Karp

A lawsuit from the Seattle U.S. attorney who was swiftly fired from his post by President Donald Trump shortly after being appointed to it by a federal court should be reassigned to a different judge, the administration has told a Washington federal court.

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Segal McCambridge Settles Fired Secretary's Age Bias Suit

By Grace Elletson

Law firm Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd. has struck a deal to end a New York federal court suit from a former secretary who said her colleagues mistreated her because of her age, according to a Wednesday court filing.

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Comey Rips '86 47' Case, Says Warrants 'Misstated Facts'

By Lauren Berg

James Comey is taking another angle in his effort to dismiss an indictment stemming from a picture of seashells he posted on Instagram, telling a North Carolina federal judge that the government is pursuing the "vindictive" case because of President Donald Trump's "deep-seated animosity" toward the former FBI director.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Akerman LLP

Bliven Law Firm

Breen & Pugh

Browning Kaleczyc

Burns Charest

Butler Snow LLP

Cohen & Wolf

Conrad & Scherer

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

Cowdery Murphy

Crowley Fleck

Crystal Pettiford Law

Davis Hatley

Debevoise & Plimpton

Dechert LLP

Freeman Mathis

Garlington Lohn

Gibson Dunn

Goldberg Segalla

Grant & Eisenhofer

HGT Law

HKM Employment Attorneys

Hagens Berman

Hall & Evans

Healy LLC

Heenan & Cook

Holland & Hart

Holtzman Vogel

Hunton Andrews

Katten Muchin

Keller Postman

King & Spalding

L'Abbate Balkan

Labaton Keller

Laird Cowley

Lennon Murphy

Lewis Brisbois

Markun Zusman

Mayer Brown

Morrison & Foerster

Munger Tolles

Orrick Herrington

Rivkin Radler

Robinson Bradshaw

Segal McCambridge

Sheppard Mullin

Shook Hardy

Silver Golub

Simonsen Sussman

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Stearns Weaver

Sullivan & Cromwell

Weil Gotshal

Wiggin & Dana

Wilkinson Stekloff

Williams & Connolly

Winston Taylor

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

3M Co.

Abbott Laboratories

Amalgamated Bank

Bread Financial Holdings Inc.

Brooklyn Defender Services

CBIZ Inc.

Comcast Corp.

Commonwealth Edison Co.

Corteva Inc.

DuPont de Nemours Inc.

Exelon Corp.

FirstEnergy Corp.

George Washington University

Gerald Holdings LLC

Getty Images Holdings Inc.

Grant Thornton LLP

HDR Global Trading Ltd.

Instagram Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

McDonald's Corp.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

NVIDIA Corp.

New Mountain Capital LLC

Nexstar Media Group Inc.

Old Navy LLC

Patriot National Inc.

Retrophin Inc.

Tegna Inc.

The Boeing Co.

The DIRECTV Group Inc.

The Gap Inc.

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

Travere Therapeutics Inc.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

University of Miami

W. L. Gore & Associates Inc.

Zillow Group Inc.

ZoomInfo Technologies Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Arkansas Teacher Retirement System

California Supreme Court

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Executive Office for Immigration Review

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

Food and Drug Administration

Internal Revenue Service

Judicial Conference of the United States

National Labor Relations Board

New York State Assembly

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Montana

United States District Court for the District of Nevada